The coolest guy ever

[Deleted User]

Steve McQueen, closely followed by Samuel L Jackson.

Lemmy, not a chance! Viv, good call.

As for Ferry, just a sleaze in my opinion but as the old saying goes 'opinions are like ars*holes*.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The Fonz !

His leather jacket in 'Happy Days' has always slightly bothered me. If you look at it,it's a 1970's 'bomber jacket' when the program was made,not a 1950's type leather motorcyclist jacket.

 

[Domus]

Another vote for Steve McQueen

 

[winjim]

I watched the Lemmy documentary a few years ago and tbh he seemed a bit of a sad figure to me. Like he'd constructed this persona and this lifestyle that he felt he had to play along with and couldn't really break out of. Everyone else had moved on and he was still stuck where he was forty years ago.

But most of the people put forward here as 'cool' I just find creepy as shoot. My ideas of cool are probably a bit different.

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

 

[Milzy]

Nah, Lemmy was very cool indeed. He did what he wanted no matter what people thought of him, lived life how he wanted and never pandered to anyone ever.

Like most common people then.

 

[Oldhippy]

In a musical sense.

 

[mudsticks]

Nah, Lemmy was very cool indeed. He did what he wanted no matter what people thought of him, lived life how he wanted and never pandered to anyone ever.

Yebbut you could say that about any number of odious, self centred toads.

Look at Trump for example.
He doesn't give a shoot, about anyone, or their opinions either.

He couldn't be further from 'cool' if he tried.

The 'coolest' guys I know, don't even realise they're doing it.

They're just being themselves, and producing good outcomes, in their field, without it having to be all about them, without treading on other people, or having to massage their own massive egos.

Maybe it's just me, but I know far more 'cool af' women than guys..

 

[Deleted User]

At the risk of being a chauvinist I can't really think of any Women I would class as 'Cool' in the same manner as the aforementioned Viv, McQueen and Jackson.

Having said that I can't stand the term 'Guys' either so what do I know?

 

[Oldhippy]

I'm sure Drago will pitch in soon but the music industry is full of huge egos and that isn't just the bands. Lemmy never gave an inch to managers, record companies or any of the vehicles that get 'you out there' to the masses. I saw him touting his own album on demo once in LA as he hadn't complied with some shiny promoter who then dumped him off the bill. He stayed true to what he liked and knew what fans wanted and in that sense, love or loathe him he rocked.

 

[Deleted User]

I'm sure Drago will pitch in soon but the music industry is full of huge egos and that isn't just the bands. Lemmy never gave an inch to managers, record companies or any of the vehicles that get 'you out there' to the masses. I saw him touting his own album on demo once in LA as he hadn't complied with some shiny promoter who then dumped him off the bill. He stayed true to what he liked and knew what fans wanted and in that sense, love or loathe him he rocked.

That's not really being 'Cool' though is it?

Depends on your perception of the word I guess but that's why these debates are very interesting.

 

[Venod]

In the music industry I have always thought Charlie Watts was a cool dude.

 

[Deleted User]

In the music industry I have always thought Charlie Watts was a cool dude.

Good call!

 

[Nigeyy]

Let's not stop there shall we? My wife was in an elevator with Henry Winkler and all she could think of doing was to say "heyyyyyyyyy" with two thumbs up. He was most definitely not impressed!

I will say when I was 11 I did think he was cool but it didn't take many years after that to think of him as being most "un-cool".

His leather jacket in 'Happy Days' has always slightly bothered me. If you look at it,it's a 1970's 'bomber jacket' when the program was made,not a 1950's type leather motorcyclist jacket.

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[Oldhippy]

B B King was up there.